Istituto Di Cultura - Londra

The GeM Award is a memorial fund in the name of Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, the two young Italian architects victims of the Grenfell Tower tragic fire. The fund, which has been established by Peregrine Bryant Architects Ltd, the architectural firm where Gloria worked, provides an annual award aimed at helping talented...

Time Zone Theatre and the Italian Cultural Institute in London are delighted to announce the UK premiere of Antonio Smareglia’s Caccia Lontana at Opera in the City Festival .The critically acclaimed production presented at Bridewell Theatre on 20, 21 and 22 August by Istrian National Theatre Pula a...

This is the third film in our series 'Summer Film Nights', dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema and young talented directors.07/08 The Complexity of Happiness14/08 There is a Light21/08 The Ploy28/08 In Top Form? No, Thank You!04/09 The Start up11/09 Il colore della fatica (documentary)   The PloyLa macchinazione   Dra...

Winner of Italy’s prestigious literary prize, the Premio Strega, Edoardo Albinati will be discussing his latest novel to be translated into English, The Catholic School, with Fiammetta Rocco, Culture Editor The Economist and 1843. In 1975, three young well-off men, former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys ...

Werther's tragic love story is told through Antonio Vivaldi's violin concertos The Four Seasons in a multi-disciplinary show for violin, actor and musicians which takes its audience on a journey into the mind of the tortured anti-hero of Goethe’s epistolary novel.Different art forms reframe and reimagine one anot...

This is the fourth film in our series 'Summer Film Nights', dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema and young talented directors.07/08 The Complexity of Happiness14/08 There is a Light21/08 The Ploy28/08 In Top Form? No, Thank You!04/09 The Start up11/09 Il colore della fatica (documentary)   In Top Form? No, T...

Film screening (93’) introduced by Nick Walker and followed by a discussion. In Italian with English subtitles Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) Director: Vittorio De Sica Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola Drama / 93mins / b&w / 1948 [BOOK NOW] During the hard years of poverty in post-World-...

This is the fifth film in our series 'Summer Film Nights', dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema and young talented directors. 07/08 The Complexity of Happiness14/08 There is a Light21/08 The Ploy28/08 In Top Form? No, Thank You!04/09 The Start up11/09 Il colore della fatica (documentary) The Start upAccendi il tuo...

On 16 September 1977, Maria Callas died in her Paris apartment aged 54. Her name went down in history as one of the greatest singers of all time. But who was this fascinating and extraordinary artist?This spoken monologue - written by Federica Nardacci, with original piano music composed by Claudio Di Meo - is the inner...

On the occasion of the Insiders Outsiders Festival With Phil Baines, Rick Poynor and Chiara Barbieri Presented by Chiara Barbieri, the event will open with a screening of the documentary “The Yellow Box: Short History of Hate” (27’) directed by Anthony West. In this, Facetti recalls his experienc...

This is the sixth film in our series 'Summer Film Nights', dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema and young talented directors. 07/08 The Complexity of Happiness14/08 There is a Light21/08 The Ploy28/08 In Top Form? No, Thank You!04/09 The Start up11/09 Il colore della fatica (documentary) Il colore della fatica   Documen...

Open House Weekend is the world’s largest architecture festival giving free public access to more than 800 buildings. The Italian Cultural Institute is welcoming visitors to our grade I listed, Georgian, stucco fronted Belgravia town house. Belgrave Square was laid out from 1825 onwards by master builder Thomas Cu...

The Royal Academy of Music and the Italian Cultural Institute in London are delighted to continue their multifaceted music cycle, once again reflecting the fruitful relationships and enduring dialogue between European countries. Among the composers featured in this programme of French song and operetta is Jacques Offenbach,...

The Royal Academy of Music and the Italian Cultural Institute in London are delighted to continue their multifaceted music cycle, once again reflecting the fruitful relationships and enduring dialogue between European countries. This concert celebrates one of the most notable partnerships in the history of music in this...